Rig Veda (translation and commentary)

by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382

The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...

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Rig Veda 1.166.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

येन॑ दी॒र्घं म॑रुतः शू॒शवा॑म यु॒ष्माके॑न॒ परी॑णसा तुरासः । आ यत्त॒तन॑न्वृ॒जने॒ जना॑स ए॒भिर्य॒ज्ञेभि॒स्तद॒भीष्टि॑मश्याम् ॥
येन दीर्घं मरुतः शूशवाम युष्माकेन परीणसा तुरासः । आ यत्ततनन्वृजने जनास एभिर्यज्ञेभिस्तदभीष्टिमश्याम् ॥
yena dīrgham marutaḥ śūśavāma yuṣmākena parīṇasā turāsaḥ | ā yat tatanan vṛjane janāsa ebhir yajñebhis tad abhīṣṭim aśyām ||

English translation:

“Quick-moving Maruts, we augment the long (offered ceremony) upon your mighty (approach), whereby men triumph in war; may we obtain, by these our sacrifices, your wished-for (presence).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): maitrāvaruṇo'gastyaḥ [maitrāvaruṇa agastya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

येन॑ । दी॒र्घम् । म॒रु॒तः॒ । शू॒शवा॑म । यु॒ष्माके॑न । परी॑णसा । तु॒रा॒सः॒ । आ । यत् । त॒तन॑म् । वृ॒जने॑ । जना॑सः । ए॒भिः । य॒ज्ञेभिः॑ । तत् । अ॒भि । इष्टि॑म् । अ॒श्या॒म् ॥
येन । दीर्घम् । मरुतः । शूशवाम । युष्माकेन । परीणसा । तुरासः । आ । यत् । ततनम् । वृजने । जनासः । एभिः । यज्ञेभिः । तत् । अभि । इष्टिम् । अश्याम् ॥
yena | dīrgham | marutaḥ | śūśavāma | yuṣmākena | parīṇasā | turāsaḥ | ā | yat | tatanam | vṛjane | janāsaḥ | ebhiḥ | yajñebhiḥ | tat | abhi | iṣṭim | aśyām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.166.14 English analysis of grammar]

yena < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dīrgham < dīrgha

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

śūśavāma < śvi

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“swell; grow.”

yuṣmākena < yuṣmāka

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“your(a); yuṣmāka [word].”

parīṇasā < parīṇas

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“plenty.”

turāsaḥ < tura

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“powerful; noble; noble.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tatanan < tan

[verb], plural, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”

vṛjane < vṛjana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“community; settlement.”

janāsa < janāsaḥ < jana

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

ebhir < ebhiḥ < idam

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

yajñebhis < yajñebhiḥ < yajña

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

abhīṣṭim < abhīṣṭi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

aśyām <

[verb], singular, Aorist optative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

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